FIFTEEN MONTHS AGO, Christine Kay gave birth to twin daughters prematurely. Today, the girls arehealthy, but back then, they spent time ina neonatal intensive care unit. “I worriedlike crazy,” says Kay, an M.D. specializing inretinal care. “Having gone through that, Inow have a much deeper understanding ofwhat it means to be the parent of someoneaffected by disease.”Dr. Kay will bring that maternal sensibil-ity, as well as the expertise of a surgeon-clinician-researcher, to VISIONS 2015,FFB’s annual conference, June 25-27, inBaltimore, Maryland. She will sit on thepanels of three sessions, including onetitled, “Clinical Trials: Am I Ready?”The conference will also offer otherresearch and support sessions, innumera-ble networking opportunities and notablespeakers, including New York’s formergovernor David Paterson and RebeccaAlexander, author of the memoir

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Dr. Kay, meanwhile, spoke with In Focus
about her work and what she’ll cover
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“It is not miserableto be blind; it ismiserable to beincapable ofenduring blindness.”